U.S. District Court

Where the plaintiff contends that the defendant insurer wrongfully denied coverage of a submitted claim for “extra expenses” incurred after its rental kitchen facilities were destroyed by fire, the plaintiff has failed to demonstrate that the defendant committed a bad ...

Where a petitioner who was convicted of murder brings four grounds for habeas relief, none warrant reversal, as (1) there was sufficient probable cause for the search and seizure of evidence and (2) the remaining grounds for relief are procedurally ...

Where the SEC has filed a motion in limine to preclude a defendant from contesting the authenticity of hardcopy and electronic documents seized by the Canadian government, the motion must be allowed based on testimony from employees of the Autorité ...

Where a defendant has moved to dismiss a multi-count complaint over a prosthetic heart valve, the dismissal motion must be allowed as to an inventorship claim but denied as to counts alleging fraud and a violation of G.L.c. 93A. “This ...

Where a defendant charged with breach of contract has moved for partial summary judgment claiming that the plaintiff failed to mitigate its damages, the defendant’s mitigation argument contradicts its denial of the existence of a contract. Motion denied. Also denied ...

Where the evidence did not support the jury’s verdict as to the plaintiff’s claims that the defendant police officer falsely arrested her and used excessive force, the judgments must be set aside in favor of a new trial. “…The jury ...

Where the defendants’ contacts with Massachusetts have been found to be sufficiently continuous and systematic to justify the exercise of general personal jurisdiction, that finding must be vacated in light of a recent Supreme Court decision that limits personal jurisdiction ...

Where, in a patent dispute involving pharmaceutical products used to treat autoimmune diseases, the defendant has moved to separate the issue of willfulness from the larger infringement dispute by bifurcation of the upcoming trial, there is no compelling need for ...

Where a defendant has moved for summary judgment on a relator’s qui tam action, the motion must be (1) denied as to allegations of Medicare claims for the off-label use of pharmaceuticals and (2) allowed as to a conspiracy claim. ...

Where a defendant contends that his guilty plea was involuntary because, had he known of chemist Annie Dookhan’s misdeeds at the William F. Hinton Drug Laboratory, he would have proceeded to trial instead of pleading guilty, the defendant is not ...